English Grammar Verb Forms

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What is the correct past simple form of the verb 'suggest'?

  • Suggests
  • Suggesting
  • Suggesting
  • Suggested (correct)

What is the correct past simple form of the verb 'apologise'?

  • Apologise
  • Apologised (correct)
  • Apologising
  • Apologises

What is the correct past simple form of the verb 'deny'?

  • Deny
  • Denies
  • Denying
  • Denied (correct)

What is the correct past simple form of the verb 'admit'?

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What is the correct past simple form of the verb 'order'?

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What is the opposite of 'refuse' in the context of making a decision?

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What does 'accuse somebody of' mean?

<p>To blame someone for something (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the difference between 'promise' and 'threaten'?

<p>One is a statement of intention to do something good, while the other is a statement of intention to do something bad (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of 'remind'?

<p>To help someone remember something they might forget (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the tone of 'beg'?

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Study Notes

Irregular Verb Forms

  • Offer becomes OFFERED in the past tense
  • Threaten becomes THREATENED in the past tense
  • Promise becomes PROMISED in the past tense
  • Refuse becomes REFUSED in the past tense
  • Agree becomes AGREED in the past tense

More Irregular Verb Forms

  • Suggest becomes SUGGESTED in the past tense
  • Deny becomes DENIED in the past tense
  • Admit becomes ADMITTED in the past tense
  • Apologise becomes APOLOGISED (with the preposition 'to' and the person apologised to) in the past tense
  • Accuse becomes ACCUSED (with the preposition 'of' and the person accused) in the past tense

Verb Forms with Infinitive

  • Somebody + to + infinitive (e.g. someone begged to do something)

Additional Irregular Verb Forms

  • Beg becomes BEGGED in the past tense
  • Warn becomes WARNED in the past tense
  • Order becomes ORDERED in the past tense
  • Remind becomes REMINDED in the past tense

Verb Forms

  • The verb "Offer" is in the past simple form as "OFFERED"
  • The verb "Threaten" is in the past simple form as "THREATENED"
  • The verb "Promise" is in the past simple form as "PROMISED"
  • The verb "Refuse" is in the past simple form as "REFUSED"
  • The verb "Agree" is in the past simple form as "AGREED"

More Verb Forms

  • The verb "Suggest" is in the past simple form as "SUGGESTED"
  • The verb "Deny" is in the past simple form as "DENIED"
  • The verb "Admit" is in the past simple form as "ADMITTED"
  • The verb "Apologise" is in the past simple form as "APOLOGISED" (to somebody) for
  • The verb "Accuse" is in the past simple form as "ACCUSED" (somebody) of

Verb Constructions

  • The verb construction "Somebody + to – infinitive" is used to form a sentence
  • The verb "Beg" is in the past simple form as "BEGGED"
  • The verb "Warn" is in the past simple form as "WARNED"
  • The verb "Order" is in the past simple form as "ORDERED"
  • The verb "Remind" is in the past simple form as "REMINDED"

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